With a tremendous lead performance from breakout star Eliza Scanlen, Laurel Parmet’s feature debut deftly navigates the complex tensions between devotion and desire.

A teenager in an isolated religious community is drawn into a dangerous relationship with her charismatic youth pastor in this simmering coming-of-age drama. With a tremendous lead performance from Eliza Scanlen, The Starling Girl examines the bristling tensions between devotion and desire.